S3E8 | Felling a Massive Oak Tree We Girdled Two Years Ago - Off Grid Homestead

[@johnsonr9]

Love your enthusiasm.

[@strand-farm]

Thank you!

[@esbrasill]

Got a tree like that too, its been hanging there for a few weeks already. I think i need to pull it off the stump

[@strand-farm]

Ughh, that does not sound fun at all. Is it fully detached or still have some hinge wood? I have not had to address such a situation yet but know it will eventually happen. Do you plan on using pulleys? Sensing prayers that the next time you check on that tree it has fallen off your to-do list! Keep us posted, please! Better two section off than be dead is the inner battle i'd be contemplating. Im sure there is a simple trick that someone knows. - James

[@johnsonr9]

Stuff happens... Guess I missed it but why was the tree originally selected?

[@strand-farm]

In the forest shepherding, I've been instructed, it is wise to give some of the trees in your forest more space to grow. The trees in my old growth forest are very tall because they need to be to reach the light. Some trees are too close together, so when harvesting wood, those trees are amongst the first choice to select. The remaining trees can now significantly increase their foliage and growth. - James

[@johnsonr9]

Figured something like that. I have some trees like that but usually cut them down and go back later to get the firewood. Are you thinking about a sawmill?@@strand-farm

[@freeradical6390]

MASSIVE oak??? WTF? Thats a tiny tree . What a joke!

[@strand-farm]

97 years old in my type of old growth forest... It's the MASSIVIST I got! CUT me some slack ;) - James

[@freeradical6390]

@@strand-farm I feel ya.Im a grumpy old bastard in the morning. lol

[@strand-farm]

@@freeradical6390 i love grumpy old bastards so feel free to STICK around and watch us stumble around this off grid lifestyle and comment to your heart's content! - James

[@freeradical6390]

@@strand-farm Ive been offgrid for last 12 years. If ya have questions- need help let me know. :)

[@strand-farm]

You are very generous. Thank you! -Ash

[@kellysaylors5845]

Tape measure? Really!!!!

[@strand-farm]

Sure is quite the hypotenuse! - James